Sexual Equality

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? — read the full passage →

(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.)

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. — read the full passage →

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; — read the full passage →

I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

And they remembered his words, — read the full passage →

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. — read the full passage →

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. — read the full passage →

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; — read the full passage →

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. — read the full passage →

And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. — read the full passage →

And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. — read the full passage →

And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. — read the full passage →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; — read the full passage →

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: — read the full passage →

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, — read the full passage →

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. — read the full passage →

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer–sheba. — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

For there is no respect of persons with God.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: — read the full passage →

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →